James Gabriel Montresor

James Gabriel Montresor (19 November 1704-6 January 1776) was a colonel in the British Army and Chief Engineer in the Provinces of Great Britain.

Biography
James Gabriel Montresor was born on 19 November 1704 in Westminster, England, and he was descended from Huguenots who fled France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, with his father James Gabriel le Tresor changing his surname to "Montresor". James Gabriel Montresor was present at the siege of Gibraltar in 1727 during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1727-1729 while serving in the Royal Artillery, and in 1754 he became the chief engineer for General Edward Braddock in the Thirteen Colonies. His son John Montresor was injuried at the Battle of the Monongahela, and by 1760 he had been made Chief Engineer in the Provinces. Later that year, he had to return to England due to ill health, and he died in Teynham, Kent on 6 January 1776.